[personlurking]

There's a very interesting behavior that happens on the streets of Brazilian cities which your comment on anecdotal evidence made me remember. Due to a seemingly high percentage of men here acting like they've never seen a woman before in their life (ie, doing a quadruple-take when one walks by) and doing lots of cat-calling (generally in groups), women have learned to not make eye contact. Being that I'm not like these kinds of men, I still get treated like them thus women don't make eye contact with me, in passing.